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TELEVISION, HISTORY, AND AMERICAN CULTURE
FEMINIST CRITICAL ESSAYS |
| By: |
Mary Beth Haralovich (Editor), Lauren Rabinovitz (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
082232394X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780822323945 |
| Publisher: |
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 September, 1999 |
| Series: |
Console-ing Passions |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Description: |
What do the images transmitted by that screen tell us about power, authority, gender stereotypes, and ideology in the United States? This book addresses this question by illuminating how television both reflects and influences American culture and identity. It is suitable for those interested in women's studies and American studies. |
| Synopsis: |
In less than a century, the flickering blue-gray light of the television screen has become a cultural icon. What do the images transmitted by that screen tell us about power, authority, gender stereotypes, and ideology in the United States? Television, History, and American Culture addresses this question by illuminating how television both reflects and influences American culture and identity.The essays collected here focus on women in front of, behind, and on the TV screen, as producers, viewers, and characters. Using feminist and historical criticism, the contributors investigate how television has shaped our understanding of gender, power, race, ethnicity, and sexuality from the 1950s to the present. The topics range from the role that women broadcasters played in radio and early television to the attempts of Desilu Productions to present acceptable images of Hispanic identity, from the impact of TV talk shows on public discourse and the politics of offering viewers positive images of fat women to the negotiation of civil rights, feminism, and abortion rights on news programs and shows such as I Spy and Peyton Place.Innovative and accessible, this book will appeal to those interested in women's studies, American studies, and popular culture and the critical study of television.Contributors. Julie D'Acci, Mary Desjardins, Jane Feuer, Mary Beth Haralovich, Michele Hilmes, Moya Luckett, Lauren Rabinovitz, Jane M. Shattuc, Mark Williams |
| Illustrations: |
25 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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